Wire-coil conveyer



March 17, 1925.

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Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

SAMUEL zoPrELT, or CLEVELAND, O'I-IIO.

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Application filed March 24, 19%... Serial m tes.

170, all to 71.0.01, it may concern- Be it known that I, SAMUEL Zorrnrn, a United States, residing. at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in lVireeC'oil Co rveyers, of'which the following is; a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wire coil conveyers of the type disclosed in my- Patent #1,417,288, grantedMay 2'3, 1922, in which the wire, after being coiled is automatically lifted and transferred to and. upon a reel at a point spaced from the coiling block or drum.

An object of this invention is to provide a considerably simplified; construction as comparedwiththat in they above identified patent and attthe same time construct a highly efficient mechanism.

It is likewise an object to provide mechanism of this character in which the coil conveying means is: so formed as to automatically discharge the coil upon reaching a predetermined point and at a further point automatically cause further movement to cease.

It is also an object to provide an arrangement of levers so relatively disposed and associated with the coil conveying means that upon completely coiling a length of wire, rotation of the coiling drum will be discontinued.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readily understood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanying illustrative drawings, and in the following description based thereon set out one possible embodiment of the-same.

Fig. 1. is a general elevation showing the complete apparatus;

Fig. 2. is a detail sectional view of the coil lifter and conveyer;

Fig. 3. is adetail view of the coiling drum and its clutch mechanism; and

Fig. 4:. is a top plan view of the relative positioning of the clutch and belt shifting levers.

Having more particular reference to the a-ba-se portions having a verticalopening therethrough for the reception ofthe upper- ,end of avertically arranged drive shaft 6 whose lower end has gear connection to a maindrive 7 which obviously is disposed beneath said base. heupper end of the vertical shaft is provided with a clutch member 8 adapted for co-action with a clutch membercarriedby a vertically 1novable-and rotatable steel coil block 'ordrum 9. This block is. adapted at tin es. to be raised and in. orderto accomplish this I provide a foot operable lever 10;, fulcrumed to a rigid arm depending from the aforesaid base. The inner end of this lever has connection with the lower end of the steel blockby means of arms, as illustrated.

This, steel blOQk or coiling drum 9 is provided at spaced points around its periphery with vertical grooves or channels 11 whose lower ends; are closed. s

Arrangeable in these grooves orchanncls, is a set of substantial .L shaped feet or brackets 12 whose upper ends are pivoted to the lower ends or substantially inverted L shaped'arms 13 which in turn are carried by "a collar 1e. mounted upon a vertical hollow shaft 15. The aforesaid brackets or feet 12 are adapted to be snuglyseated in the grooves or recesses 11 and upon completion of the wire coiling operation, are lifted vertically from the steel block thereby elevating the wire coil above said block.

A t-a certain predetermined point thecoil is to be deposited upon a reel and in order to, accomplish this, means must be provided to contract thesebrackets or feet 12' and free the coil.

gripping and for automaticallyreleasing one'end of the wire coil. includes a stationary jaw 20 arranged upon a steel block and co-acting with a movable jaw 21. A short arm 22, is positioned to .90 This I attai lthrough arranging within the. hollow shaft 15 a rod also has connection to mechanism for.

This mechanism a connect the aforesaid cable and the movable aw so that when the coil is raised this mechanism automatically releases the end of the wire which has previously been tightly gripped. The extreme upper end portion of the hollow shaft, is connected to an endless conveyer chain 23 which as shown travels over gears and rollers carried by an endless trackway 24:. The upper end of this hollow shaft also carries an arm whose function will become apparent. 'The trackway 24 as illustrated is substantially rectangular in configuration but is provided at a point 25 immediately above the steel block with a dip, in the lower end of which the connection between, the chain and hollow shaft is disposed throughout the coiling operation. Though a number of trip arms 26 may be arranged at spaced ,pointsupon the trackway, I have illustrated one, this being adapted to strike the arm 19 carried by the hollow shaft and thereby, contract the feet or brackets and discharge the wire coil upon an empty reel R which is arranged upon the base as illustrated.

This endless chain 23 is driven by means of a sprocket 27 rotatable by means of shafts arranged above the base and driven through a belt or other connectionfrom the aforesaid shaft. This sprocket carrying shaft is provided with a double pulley 28. The main lever 29 for shifting the belt is fulcrumed to an arm 30 arranged upon said base. The extreme outer end of this lever is provided with a pivoted finger 31 which may be moved upwardly on its pivot but is not movable downwardly with respect to the'body of the lever. This finger 31 is arranged in the path of the downward movement of the aforesaid belt shifting lever so that when the coil operation is complete, this 'main lever will be forced downward into contact with said finger and through these levers and rods shift the belt and consequently start movement of the aforesaid endless chain. This shifter is employed for providing drive connection to said sprocket and is also operable at the time the wire coil lifter mechanism starts its downward movement into the dipped portion of the trackway, to stop the chain. This operation is in the form moving the belt' through tripping of a pivoted lever mounted upon the track and having a rod or other connection to the yoke for engaging the belt. This lever asis apparent is operated by the trip 32 carried at the u per end of the'aforesaid hollow shaft. r rranged adjacent to the main clutch operating lever is an automatically vertically movable rod 33 which as shown carries a laterally disposed finger 34 adapted for engagement at times with a pivoted arm 35 carried by said main lever, this pivoted arm has connection with an upwardly extended arm'carrying atits upper end a or guide member 36 through which, wire being coiled is passed upon completion of the coiling operation, this pivoted arm 15 permitted to drop and of course forces the main clutch operatin lever downwardly and into locked position Jeneath a lug 37 as illustrated. I Simultaneously with this movement of the main lever, the belt is shifted. At this point of the operation endless chain is given movement and consequently carries the coil of wire to a predetermined point as previously stated. Upon return of the conveying mechanism .to its rest position upon the steel coil block, the main operating lever is released and lifted upwardly thereby allowing the steel drum to be lowered for the pur'pose'of engaging the main clutch. this point the rotation of the coil drum is started and the same operation as just outlined is repeated. 1

'1. An apparatus of the character described comprising in combination a drive shaft, a rotatable wire coiling drum, a coil lifter and conveyer, contractile coil engaging arms'carried by the lifter and disposed about the periphery of said 'drum, an endless conveyer chain arranged horizontally above the lifter and connected thereto, means auton'iatically operable for contracting said arms at a pro-- determined point to release a wire coil, a. clutch mechanism between the drmn and said drive shaft, a lever automatically oper able to disengage said clutch upon completion of each coiling operation, and atrip and lever mechanism carried by the lifter and the chain support adapted to stop movement of the chain upon return of the lifter to a point immediately above the drum.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising in combination, a drive mechanism, a rotatable wire coiling drum having clutch drive connection to said mechanism, a coil lifter and conveyer, contractile coil engaging arms carried by the lifter and disposed about the periphery of the drum, a hollow vertical shaft included insaid lifter and conveyer mechanism, a rod arranged in said shaft, connection between the lower end of said rod and the contractile arms, a lever extending outwardly from the upper end of the rod, a frame arranged above the drum, an endless conveyer chain supported upon the frame and having swivel connection to the upper end of said hollow shaft, a trip carried by the frame and engageable with said lever to discharge a coil of wire at a predetermined point, means for automatically disengaging said clutch mechanism to discontinue rotation of the drum at certain times, and a trip and lever mechanism to stop movement of the endless chain at predetermined intervals 3. An apparatus of. the character described comprising in combination, -a rotatahle Wire coiling drum an endless conveyer chani, arranged above the drum, a 0011 hitter and conveyer swiveled to and dependingfrom said chain, drive mechanism for imparting motion to said drum and chain, clutch means between the drum and drive mechanism, trip and lever mechanism ar- 1y operable means for stopping movement of said chain at a predetermined point.

In testlmony whereof, I afliX my signature.

SAMUEL ZOPPELT. 

